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piany-flowered : bracts cvaV, acuminate, longer than the pedicel : 

 palyx 5- partite : lobes lanceolate, erect: stamens included: seeds 

 terminated at both ends by a simple hair : flowers red. 

 Pundua. 



(8) M. ACUMINATA. (Wall.) 



Ideia,t. Dec. prod. IX. p. 263. 



SpEp. Char.' Leaves ovate-subobovate, acute _at the base, cu»- 

 pidately acuminate at the apex, glabrous, sonijewl^at yeinless : pe^ 

 ^icels twin at the apex of the branch : calyx S-partite : seeds witlii 

 a single hair at both ends. 



^ilhet mountain;. 



(4) IE. Perrotietii. ( Alph. Dec) 



Ident. Dec. prod. IX. p. 561. — Dalz. Bomb. flor. p. 



■ Syn. JE. Zeylanica, Oardner. 



flngrav. Wight's Icqn. t, 1347. 



Sfec. Char. Leaves lanceolate, rather obtuse at the base, ob.^ 

 tusely acu(ninat;ed at the apex, glabrous t lateral nerves few, ob- 

 Jique : umbels 3-5-flowered : pedicels twice the length of the calyx : 

 flowers red spotted, twQ inches long : capsi^le three inches long. 



Courtallum. Travancore Mountains. Parwar Ghaut, flowering 

 in pptober. 



GENUS in. DIDYMOOARPUS. 



mdynamia Ansiospermla. Sex : Sytf .■ 



Deriv. From Didymos, twin, and Karpos, a fruit ; in allusion 

 to the twin capsules. 



Gen. Char. Ca^yx 5-cleft or S-pa^ted : corolla ftmnel-shapec^ ; 

 limb 5-lobed, somewhat irregular, rarely 2-lipped : stamens 4, of 

 •vvhich 2 are antherrbearing : aiithers kidney-shaped : ovary elon- 

 gated : style short : stigma orbiculate, undivided : capsule silicle- 

 shaped, 2-Talved .- valves , bent inwfards, falsely .4,celled : see^a 

 naked, smooth, pendulouSi — Undershrubs or herbs, with or with- 

 out stems : leaves radical or cauline, alternate or usually oppo- 

 site, unequal : peduncles axillary, branched or dichotomously : 

 cymose : flowers violet or white. 



(1) D. MissioNis. (Wall.) 



■ Ident. Br. in Horsf. PI. Jav, p. 119.— Dep. prod. IX. p. 266. 

 Spec. Char. Stem very short : leaves cordate-ovate : pedun- 



ples axillary, scapiform : calyx persistent : lobes acute : capsuis 

 dehiscing at both sides simultaneously. 

 Peninsula. ' 



